In addition to the parade article mentioned in the previous post, my wife saved me an article from the April 8 edition of the LA Times, "Surprise! Scientists find signs of new brain cells in adults as old as 79." Except, I wasn't that surprised based on some research cited in Beating the Dementia Monster. The article is about research conducted at Columbia University that investigated neurogenesis of hippocampus brain cells in humans, contrasted with mice and non-human primates. The study appeared to find that neurogenesis continues at least to age 79 in humans, although new blood vessels to support the new cells didn't appear to develop as readily in older people.
The article contrasted another study published in Nature that failed to find any evidence of neurogenesis after the age of 14. This research was conducted at the University of California, San Francisco. This finding surprised me, considering other research cited in Beating the Dementia Monster that found evidence of neurogenesis encouraged by aerobic exercise.
In discussion, the article quoted the lead Columbia University investigator who believes that differences in how brain sample were preserved between the death of the subject and the study laboratory may explain why the second study couldn't identify new brain cells.
The newspaper article concluded, "The debate continues."
In my book, "Beating the Dementia Monster," I describe what has occurred since 2015 when I first knew I had memory problems. (You can find it on Amazon.com.) I have experienced remarkable improvement, and I’m certain that I can share valuable information with many others. In this second edition I continue my story to 2020 and provide greater understanding of how Alzheimer's advances and why what I did worked.
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